Author: Box, Sheila.
Title: The Real George Barrington? the Adventures of a Notorious London Pickpocket, Later Head Constable of the Infant Colony of New South Wales.
Description: Melbourne Arcadia / Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2001. 1st ed. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, few black & white plates, minor edgewear. 172 pp. George Barrington was famous in late 18th century England as an notorious pickpocket who was repeatedly caught. His fame rests on his gentlemanly pretensions and his remarkable ability to sway juries. His last conviction came in 1790, after which he was transported to Botany Bay where he flourished. This carefully researched biography supplants the earlier very creditable biography by Richard Lambert (1930). Carefully disposes of myths and builds a believable picture of Barrington as well as crime and criminal justice of the age. ISBN: 187560698X

Keywords: australian biography, criminology, australian history, australian government, new south wales (nsw), sydney 187560698X


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